My mama loved my dad for fifty yearsAnd she worked along beside him in the fieldsHe never gave her much but he gave her all he hadDad's the only reason mama lived

My mama's face would light up like a diamondEach time my daddy walked into the roomShe'd stop what she was doing and put her arms around himDad's the only world my mama knew

Mama never saw her roses bloom that yearThe angels came before the robin's songMama said she didn't mind going on aheadBut heaven won't be heaven till daddy´s home

When mama left she left dad a lonely manBut he talked to mama like she was still hereHe'd talk about the hard times and the good times that they'd hadAs his old mind slipped back across the years

Daddy never plowed his fields againHe´d just sat down and wait his time to comeThen one day he said I think I hear a choir singingHe closed his eyes and went to live with mom

Lord I wanna thank you for the years they were here for me to loveAnd though it's hard to let 'em go Lord I know I'd let 'em go againIf I could just have been thereAnd seen my mama's face when dad walked in